Multiscale evolution of a derecho-producing mesoscale convective system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2991-3015

  Bernardet, Lígia R ^a,b   Cotton, William R ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032999103     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2991:MEOADP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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